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I-affection

I-affection or Umlaut is a phonological phenomenon which is an integral part of the Sindarin language.

The phenomenon refers to the vowels of a word to be 'slid' higher and fronter to another vowel, usually e, drawn because of a following i (usually near the end of the word) in a sort of vowel harmony. This started to occur after the stage called "Old Sindarin".

Umlaut has a grammatical significance in Sindarin since it is how plural of nouns is formed.